Rack for tissue-paper and the like.



No. 843,387. PATENTED- FEB. 5, 1907.

WLA. BLACKMAN. RACK FOR TISSUE PAPER AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.8.1906.

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W. A. BLAOKMAN. RACK FOR TISSUE PAPER AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION PILED,BEPT.8.1906.

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,WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

hAcK Foe TISSUE-PAPER AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

H Application filed September 8. 1908. Serial No- 333,746.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it-known-that I, -WILLIAM A. BLAQK- MAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Im roved Rack for Tissue-Paper and the Like, 0 which the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion. I a

T -is invention relates to racks adapted to support and display tissue-paper, news a- -pers, or samples of wall-pa er and the li e;

and the ob'eot of the inventlon is to provide a hich the papers are supported by being suspended from rods or bars and in which these supporting rods or bars are prevented from being accidentally displaced. or removed. In my lmproved rack any of the different kinds of paper maybe removed without displacing any of the other kinds, and the re-. Jmoval or insertion of aper does not destroy or injure in any way t e pa or already on the rack. All of the different ds of paper are exposed to view," and any color may be se- '.lected and removed without disturbing any "other sheet or color.

The'invention consists of novel features and parts and "combinations of the same,

which-Will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyforming a part of this specificasimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures,'in which I Figure '1 is a perspective view of my improved 1paper-rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. ig. 3 is-a plan view, a portion being broken away; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. My improved rac comprises a rectangular frame having supporting-posts lat the corners thereof, connected together at their lower endsby braces 2. The rectangular frame comprises a vertical flange "3 and a horizontal flange 4, extending inward from said vertical flange and constitutin a rest ,for'the supportmg bars5,- from w ich the tissue-pa er is'suspended; These bars'5 are prefera ly formed of wood about one-sixteenth of an inch thick and long enough to reach across the. frame from one vertical flange 3 to the opposite one. To prevent displacement ofe tissue-'palper-supporti bars 5, I rovide two rods 6 parallel to the orizontal a e 4 ends. short distance above the same, as

clearlyindicated in Fig.2. The tissue-papersupporting bars 5 are cut away at their lower edges at points adjacent their ends 'to receive the rods. 6, and thus prevent one end of the bar beingmoved far enough beyond the opposite end-toflpermit of its dropping from the su portingange 4.

If desire the entire weight of the tissuepa er-supporting bars may beborne by the r0 s 6, an the necessity for the flange 4 thus eliminated. 1 I

To prevent the bars 5 from being raised from the rods 6, I provide two small rods 7, located above the rods 6' and in a plane slightly above that of the upper edges of the supporting-bars 5. These rods 7 are preferably screw-threaded at one end and provided with a nut 8, whereby when the nut is screwed toward the center of the rod the threaded end may be extended through a recess in the frame untilthe opposite end of the rod falls within the frame. The rod may then be moved endwise into a recess in the opposite side of the frame and the nut 8 screwed to the position shown in- Fig. 4, whereby the rod isrigidly held in place. The upper side. of the vertical flange 3, which constitutes the main part of the frame, may, if desired, be provided with a molding 9 to give the rack a finished appearance. and in the form shown the'looking-rod 7 is: supported within this molding.

number of supporting-bars 5 are provided,

and tissue paper or other paper which it is desired to support and'display is suspended from the bars 5, as indicated in Fi 1. The entire rack may becompletely led, and after the supporting-bars are locked in place by the rods 7 the'entire device may, if desired, be shipped in this form. This the device, may constitute not only a display-rack and support for use by retailers, but may also be lemployed to ship the paper to said retai ers'.

It will beinotedv that in thc rack above described the bars are so arranged "that they may be pushed toward either end of the frame, whereby great economy of space is secured. By. thus laterally moving the bars an openspace may be produced at any point desired, and the paper on any particular bar ma be removed with the greatest ease.

arious changes may be made in the form.

of the -device, as the drawings merely illus-.

trate one embodiment thereo Having thus described my invention? I 4 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A rack for tissue-paper and the like, comprising a rectangular frame, rods extending across said frame adjacent the opposite sides thereof, a plurality of paper-supporting bars having recesses adjacent their opposite ends adapted to receive said rods, and locking-rods supported above said first-mene tioned rodsand substantially parallel thereto for preventing the vertical displacement of the bars.

2; A rack for tissue paper and the like,

comprising a rectangular frame, means for supporting said frame, horizontal flanges-carried by said frame and extending inwardly from'opposite sides thereof, rods supported in said frame adjacent said flanges, papersupporting bars extending across said frame,

having their ends-provided with recesses 0n the lower edges thereof adapted to receive said rods, the ends .of said bars being supported on said flanges, and locking-rods located above said flanges and rods and subvstantially parallel thereto, adapted to pre vent vertical displacement of said bars.

3. A rack for tissue-paper and the like, comprising a rectangular frame, flanges carried by said frame and extendinginwardly from opposite sides thereof, rods supported in said frame adjacent said flanges, papersupporting bars extending across said frame 1 and having their ends provided with recesses on the lower edges thereof adapted to supported on said flanges, and means'for preventing the vertical displacement of said bars.

4. A rack for tissue-paper and the like, comprising a rectangular frame, rods extending across said frame adjacent the opposite sides thereof, a plurality of paper-supporting bars having recesses adjacent their opposite ends, said recesses adapted to receive said rods, and means for preventing the removal of the supporting-bars out .of engagement ing-rodlocated above and substantially parallel to each of the first-mentioned rods and above the supporting-bars, and means for normally preventing the displacement of each .of said locking-rods.

with said rods, said means comprising a lock- 35 receive said rods, the ends of said bars being 

